THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 5, 1908.
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HER FOURTH OF JULY
fCOPVRIOHT, 4908. BY THE
NBW YORK HBHStO CO.)
Selectmen are not all select, as some of
you may know
And sometimes they get grumpier the older
that they grow.
At Blennerhaven Green the three select
men hated noise, . '
They also hated children and particularly
boys, - -
So When the Fourth was near at hand
these three selectmen met
And" said, " 'Twould be a, splendid thing
all fireworks to wet.
Bat as we cannot quite do that let's pass
a local act
That not a squib can be set.off, not any
thing, in fact."
Now, when the boys of 'Haven Green
found out what had been done
They hated, those selectmen three for
. spoiling all their fun.
"What is a Fourth without a pistol or a
bit of noise?
I'll bet those three 'selected' chumps
. were never healthy boys."
When Fluffy Ruffles heard the, news she
- hurried to her aunt: '
"I'll make them give the boys their Fourth,
' and don't you say 1 can't."
She called on Traddles for his aid, and
.Traddles said, "I'll do
Each mortal thing that you command.
I'd leave the earth for you."
"Don't leave it now. but get your car and .
take me to the place
Where those selectmen 'hold their couruV
I'll meet them face to face. -They
quite forget they once were
boys" "Miss Fluffy, you're a
peach!
If they have anything to Team, why,
you're the one can leach.
The three selectmen Fluffy found within
the old Town Hall. i
They bowed and scraped when they .
found out that she had come to call:
"Miss Fluffy Ruffles, tell us, please, what
we can do for you?"
"Just come with me to Torrington. I'll
tell you what to do." ,
And what she told them that they did and
did it too with grace:
They boughi up all the fireworks on sale
within the place.
Then Traddles took them back again and
Fluffy Ruffles saw
That ere the sun had gone to rest they
had "repealed" the law.
The Fourth in Blennerhaven Green was
little else than noise
And in the evening on the common, all
the girls and boys
A set piece witnessed: Fluffy Ruffles in a
blaze of light.
The three selectmen paid the bill, which
was no more than right.